Hastings man loses $1,100 at grocery store; person who found it returns $900 of it, apologizes for taking $200Chad Richardson, The Hastings Star-Gazette

On Wednesday, Sept. 19, a Hastings man stopped at Wells Fargo bank to make a withdrawal. He received an envelope of cash totaling $1,100, and he was on his way. A short while later, the man somehow lost the envelope. He called the store and retraced his steps, but he couldn't track down the envelope. He simply figured his cash was gone.

Three days later, though, a friend prompted him to call the Hastings Police Department to make a report. The man told police he just figured the cash was gone, so he didn't see any reason to report the lost envelope, but his friend convinced him otherwise.MARKETPLACE OFFERSA new investment firm with a trusted name!Thoreson SteffesMore marketplace offers

He called police, who took the report Sept. 22. The investigator called Cub Foods, which reported they hadn't found anything like that in the parking lot.

The department received an anonymous letter in the mail from the person who found the envelope. The person returned $900 of the $1,100 and in the letter the person wrote that they "really needed" the $200 and that they were sorry they had to take some of the money.

Hastings officers are attempting to get in touch with the man who lost the cash so that he can come and recover it.

Hastings man loses $1,100 at grocery store; person who found it returns $900 of it, apologizes for taking $200Chad Richardson, The Hastings Star-Gazette

On Wednesday, Sept. 19, a Hastings man stopped at Wells Fargo bank to make a withdrawal. He received an envelope of cash totaling $1,100, and he was on his way. A short while later, the man somehow lost the envelope. He called the store and retraced his steps, but he couldn't track down the envelope. He simply figured his cash was gone.

Three days later, though, a friend prompted him to call the Hastings Police Department to make a report. The man told police he just figured the cash was gone, so he didn't see any reason to report the lost envelope, but his friend convinced him otherwise.MARKETPLACE OFFERSA new investment firm with a trusted name!Thoreson SteffesMore marketplace offers

He called police, who took the report Sept. 22. The investigator called Cub Foods, which reported they hadn't found anything like that in the parking lot.

The department received an anonymous letter in the mail from the person who found the envelope. The person returned $900 of the $1,100 and in the letter the person wrote that they "really needed" the $200 and that they were sorry they had to take some of the money.

Hastings officers are attempting to get in touch with the man who lost the cash so that he can come and recover it.

Never and I mean NEVER turn in found cash to the police. You might as well give it to charity. The rightful owner will probably never see the cash.And Never return a lost wallet to the owner. Mail it to them unless you want to be accused of taking any cash that happened to be in there. Or any cash the owner alledges to be in there.

ga362:Never and I mean NEVER turn in found cash to the police. You might as well give it to charity. The rightful owner will probably never see the cash.And Never return a lost wallet to the owner. Mail it to them unless you want to be accused of taking any cash that happened to be in there. Or any cash the owner alledges to be in there.

/experience speaking

Keeping found cash is a crime; you can go to jail for it. The proper procedure is to turn it over to the police and, if it is not claimed within a specified amount of time, it is returned to the finder. If you return a found wallet to the owner , you cannot be accused of taking any cash missing, since the owner cannot prove that their was any cash in the wallet with it was lost. I've done this twice; once the owner told me I should have kept the hundred bucks in it as a reward. The other just thanked me profusely and offered me a reward.

One time, my wallet got stolen. After they tried to use the ATM card and couldn't even get authorized $1 for gas and found no money in the wallet, they mailed it back with a fiver and a note saying they hoped I was doing better.

Profedius:mmitted and the police should be trying to discover the identity of the person who stole $200.00 of this man's money?

Crime? It would be a hard one to prosecute, receiving back 80% of the money you lost isn't a bad deal. Besides the cops will say the cash was drug related and seize it in due course anyways. The guy will still be out in the end.

ga362: Never and I mean NEVER turn in found cash to the police. You might as well give it to charity. The rightful owner will probably never see the cash.And Never return a lost wallet to the owner. Mail it to them unless you want to be accused of taking any cash that happened to be in there. Or any cash the owner alledges to be in there.

/experience speaking

Keeping found cash is a crime; you can go to jail for it. The proper procedure is to turn it over to the police and, if it is not claimed within a specified amount of time, it is returned to the finder. If you return a found wallet to the owner , you cannot be accused of taking any cash missing, since the owner cannot prove that their was any cash in the wallet with it was lost. I've done this twice; once the owner told me I should have kept the hundred bucks in it as a reward. The other just thanked me profusely and offered me a reward.

It never pays to be a dick to other people.

Somehow I don't consider mailing a persons wallet and cash to them anonymously is being a "dick".

ga362: Never and I mean NEVER turn in found cash to the police. You might as well give it to charity. The rightful owner will probably never see the cash.And Never return a lost wallet to the owner. Mail it to them unless you want to be accused of taking any cash that happened to be in there. Or any cash the owner alledges to be in there.

/experience speaking

Keeping found cash is a crime; you can go to jail for it. The proper procedure is to turn it over to the police and, if it is not claimed within a specified amount of time, it is returned to the finder. If you return a found wallet to the owner , you cannot be accused of taking any cash missing, since the owner cannot prove that their was any cash in the wallet with it was lost. I've done this twice; once the owner told me I should have kept the hundred bucks in it as a reward. The other just thanked me profusely and offered me a reward.

It never pays to be a dick to other people.

Somehow I don't consider mailing a persons wallet and cash to them anonymously is being a "dick".

Changing your tune now? You never said anything like this in your post. You said: "And Never return a lost wallet to the owner." Returning anonymously is not dickish; not returning it al all is.

What a mixed blessing. The guy could have easily kept it all and said nothing. But instead he did kind of the right thing.If it was me, I wouldn't like the guy, but I'd try to be happy to get back the $8.50 that was returned.